2.3 Orthogonal and unitary similarity of matrices
§3 Positive operators and isometries
3.1 Positive operators and their matrices
3.2 Isometries and their matrices
3.3 Polar decomposition and singular values of square matrices
Chapter 4 Jordan Canonical Forms (16h)
§1 Generalized eigenspaces and quasi-diagonal forms
1.1 Definition and basic properties
1.2 Decomposition into generalized eigenspaces for complex operators
1.3 Characteristic polynomial and Cayley-Hamilton theorem
1.4 Quasi-diagonal form of complex operators
§2 Nilpotent operators
2.1 Nilpotent operators and nilpotent matrices
2.2 Jordan decomposition of complex operators and matrices
2.3 Decomposition inot cyclic subspaces
§3 Jordan canonical form of complex operators
3.1 Jordan blocks and Jordan canonical forms
3.2 Existence and uniqueness
3.3 Practical algorithm and computational examples
Chapter 5 Rotation Group of Euclidean Spaces (6h)
§1 Normal operators on Euclidean spaces
1.1 Canonical form of real normal operators
1.2 Isometries of Euclidean spaces
§2 Rotations in low dimensional spaces